Winding board



Sept. 9, 1924. 1,507,604

" A. HOLDSWORTH WINDING BOARD Filed Avril 3, 1922 Patented Sept. 9, 1924.

.UNITEDsTArI-:s

ARTHUR HoLnsWoRTH, VOAK PARK, ILLINors;

WINDING BQ'ARD." Y f Application led A prl 3,

My invention relates to the art of mer- .Y

`ly holding the Vstrip of fabric 18 in place with its end projecting slightly out of slot 16.l `The means illustrated comprises a plate chandising textile or other fabrics, and more particularly to the distribution of samples ofl such fabrics.

Such fabrics are usually wound on winding boards and piled on shelves back of the countenwhere they are" tobe sold.

In giving a sample from a bolt of goods, the salesman ordinarily cuts a small piece o the end of the fabric. This leaves the body of the cloth with an irregular end. In subsequently selling a piece from this bolt,

it is not permissible to count the irregular projection extending across a portion of the width of the end of the fabric in the length sold. The cloth in this portion is either given to the customer without charge,vor, if the salesman takes the trouble to do so, it may be cut off and saved for use in giving additional samples. If this piece` is tucked between the cloth and the winding board, it soon becomes so wrinkled that it is better to throw it away than give samples from it; and unless it is kept with the bolt from which it has been cut, it might as well have been thrown away in the first place,

The practice of giving samples, involves a great waste of material in addition `iso-that in the samples actually distributed, and,y

Fig. 2 is a perspective view partly broken away to show the interior mechanism.

The winding board to which my invention is applied may be of any suitable or preferred construction, and, in the embodiment selected for illustration, comprises spaced side pieces 10, braced by cross pieces, one of stance, the

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light `frame. covering 14, usually ofI` Vpaper, `is suitably fastenedr on this frameand the board is complete: i Y

According to my invention, one end cross piece 12, is provided with a` slot '16 thru vwhich a strip of fabric may be readily inserted by: folding the same and tucking .it thru theI slot withy any suitable tool, for inpair of scissors carried by every salesman. i

Suitable means are yprovided, for resilient- 20 pivoted on a long `pintle 22, and resiliently rheld over the inner by ay suitable spring v24. f Y y s l To provide a durable-pivotal*mounting for pintle 22, a plate 26 functioning as a fixed hinge plate is preferably provided. The

free edge of plate 20 is preferably curved or rolled as at 28, and in the position shown, the fabriclS is lightly gripped between the plate 20 and the inner 'face of end piece 12.

In using such a device the exposed end of strip 18 can readily bepulled out a few inches andcut ofll to serve as a sample,until the strip is exhausted. .When this occurs, another narrow strip is cut from thev end of the main piece of fabric all across the width of the same, and folded back and forth upon itself to form a neat packet preferably from '2 to 4 inches long, with'one end projecting therefrom. Plate 2() can beeasily tippped up out of the kwayby'inserting a pencil through slot 16,- `to permit the packet of the salesmans scissors.

When all the material cut for giving samf ples is preserved and used in this way, one or two strips across the width of the fabric end of slot 16 to be shoved'through the slot. with the butt will usuallyprovide all the samples required in selling the entire bolt of cloth; but it will be obvious that the greater' the number lof l samples required by the nature of the trade or the class of customers supplied, the more useful the device becomes.

j cost. The superiority of such a board over the use of a special sample holder, is due' first, t-o the. fact that av complete separate Winding boards according to my invenu holder is a nuisance to keep in place, and when misplaced results in giving fincorrect samples and endless'confusion; and second, in the high cost of such a device, which, While perhaps not greater than the value vof having samples satisfactorily kept, is unquestionably much greater than the value of such services as separate holders are capable of rendering.

Vithout further elaboration, the foregoing will so fully explain the gist of my invention, that others may, by applying current knowledge, readily adapt the same for luse under various conditions of service,

Without eliminating certain features which may properly be said to constitutethe `essential items or novelty involved, which items are intended to be defined and secured to me by the following'claims:

I claim:

l. A Winding-board having, in combination7 side pieces and an end piece, said'end piece having a slot, and resilient means normally obstructing the inner end of said slot. I

2. In a Winding'board, an` end piece having a slot providing access tothe interior of said board7 and fabric retaining means permanently associated with said board.

3. In a Winding board,`an end piece having a slot providing access to the interior of said board, and resilient fabric retaining means adjacent the .inner end of said slot.y

el. In a Winding board, an end piece having a slot providing access to the interior or said board, and a retaining element overlying the inner end of said slot, said retaining element being resiliently mounted and movable out ofthe'wayto permit inser-4 tion of a sample strip.

5. In a Winding board, a frame and cover therefor, a slot in one end of said board opening into thelhollow interior7 and la `clip ypivoted adjacent the inner. end or the .slot

and resiliently held inplace over thesame.

In Witness whereof7 I hereunto subscribe f my namethis `l day of April7 1922.

yARTHUR: HoLDsWoRTH.

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